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Dave Brubeck: On the Radio: Live 1956-57 & Brubeck
by Paul C. Dowd
Dave Brubeck QuartetOn The Radio: Live 1956-57Acrobat2009 Liam Noble TrioBrubeckBasho2009 Dave Brubeck occupies a unique spot in jazz--a living legend that has enjoyed both commercial success and critical acclaim (albeit meandering) throughout his nearly six-decade career. Brubeck, along with longtime sparring partner alto saxophonist Paul Desmond, were the one-two punch behind a quartet that ...
Continue ReadingDave Brubeck: Live at the Monterey Jazz Festival 1958-2007
by George Kanzler
One of the paradoxes of jazz is that the individual is highly valued, yet iconoclasts are often undervalued, either by critics or audiences. Pianist Dave Brubeck has had no trouble attracting fans over more than half a century, but critics have been less embracing, often saying he doesn't swing. Brubeck became wildly popular in the '50s, when his quartet with alto saxophonist Paul Desmond pioneered jazz concerts at colleges. Students then were familiar with classical music--music appreciation ...
Continue ReadingDave Brubeck: Live at the Monterey Jazz Festival 1958-2007
by David Rickert
If there is any artist perfectly suited to jazz festivals, it's pianist Dave Brubeck. He gained notoriety through playing for eager tweed jacketed undergrads at college concert halls instead of for barflies at dingy clubs and recorded a few hit songs without losing his jazz cred. It makes sense, then, that Brubeck has performed several times at the Monterey Jazz Fesitval. Live at the Monterey Jazz Festival 1958-2007 captures him from several different years there, and with several different bands.
Continue ReadingDave Brubeck: Jazz Goes to College
by Samuel Chell
It's out again, and affordable. But shame on Sony/Columbia for ignoring this essential recording for twenty years, resulting in prohibitive collectors' prices. This was Brubeck-Desmond's greatest period, before the comparatively sterile, more formulaic studio albums, including Time Out (Columbia, 1959). And shame on those (including this writer) who ever dismissed this recording as too white, too fay, too square, too distant from the “authentic" jazz tradition. The music is squarely in the tradition--soulful, in the moment, unrepeatable. As ...
Continue ReadingFreddy Cole and Dave Brubeck Quartets at the Kimmel Center, Philadelphia
by Victor L. Schermer
Kimmel Center for the Performing ArtsVerizon HallPhiladelphia, PennsylvaniaApril 16, 2008
It was a pleasure to attend and review this double bill at the Kimmel Center with two most honored and respected musicians and their quartets: Freddy Cole and Dave Brubeck. Both groups gave their all, producing some exceptional music.
FREDDY COLE QUARTET
Freddy Cole, the brother of Nat King Cole, is a great vocalist in his own right, having experienced early ...
Continue ReadingDave Brubeck: Indian Summer
by AAJ Italy Staff
Cinquant’anni sono passati dalla prima esperienza discografica per piano solo del pianista statunitense, quando nel ’56 incise lo splendido Brubeck Plays Brubeck. Riproposta in questa seduta del marzo 2007, è una formula che ne esalta tutta l’intelligenza musicale. Rimangono intatti gli ingredienti principali del suo immenso, composito pianismo: la sapienza armonica, la distesa colloquialità; la raffinatezza del tocco adamantino; il timbro camaleontico che si palesa ora cristallino ora spumeggiante e zigzagante, in un gioco sfavillante di prestiti e variazioni tra ...
Continue ReadingDave Brubeck Quartet: Brubeck Meets Bach
by AAJ Italy Staff
Musica classica e jazz: la formazione professionale e la passione musicale dell’oggi ottantasettenne Dave Brubeck. Una leggenda vivente del jazz moderno, che ha spesso tratto dalla sensibilità eurocolta una potente fonte di ispirazione. Due mondi così diversi e lontani, spesso da lui giustapposti con alterne fortune nel corso della sua più che quarantennale storia artistica. Una considerazione che si attaglia bene a questo doppio CD della Sony Classic, inciso dal vivo tre anni fa in Germania. Dei due, il più ...
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